{"id":2159,"date":"2013-09-20T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T00:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:23:03","slug":"aiya-links-20-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2013\/09\/20\/aiya-links-20-september\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links: 20 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-politics\/political-news\/tony-abbotts-asylum-seeker-policies-offensive-says-senior-indonesian-politician-20130919-2u082.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Antipathy to [Australia&#8217;s plans to tackle people smuggling] exists across Indonesia\u2019s political spectrum&#8217;<\/a>, says\u00a0Fairfax&#8217;s Michael Bachelard (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mbachelard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mbachelard<\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7BC3suomBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country music star<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpr.go.id\/id\/Komisi\/Komisi-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DPR Komisi I (defence, intelligence and foreign affairs)<\/a> member Tantowi Yahya\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2013-09-19\/indonesian-mp-says-turn-back-the-boats-policy-is-offensive-and-\/4966934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on\u00a0<em>Lateline\u00a0<\/em>this week to discuss the issue<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Colin Brown from Griffith University&#8217;s Asia Institute (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GAIgriffith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GAIGriffith<\/a>) has a piece at\u00a0<em>The Conversation\u00a0<\/em>analysing the <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/all-politics-is-domestic-the-indonesian-response-to-the-federal-election-18219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">response to the new Abbott government in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Our new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/juliebishopmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JulieBishopMP<\/a>) announced the confirmation of Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignminister.gov.au\/releases\/2013\/jb_mr_130918a.html#.UjlpPHg8p54.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first resident Ambassador to ASEAN, who takes up his post in Jakarta today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ms Bishop also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulieBishopMP\/status\/380500027266711552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught up with Indonesian Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema yesterday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The US Federal Reserve&#8217;s decision to continue its monetary stimulus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-09-19\/rupiah-surges-most-since-may-2012-after-fed-refrains-from-taper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave a big boost to Indonesian financial markets on Thursday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia&#8217;s foreign investment agency has a well-respected new chief, and the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>explains why\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/searealtime\/2013\/09\/16\/indonesias-new-investment-chief-faces-big-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he has his work cut out for him<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Financial Times&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>Ben Bland (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@benjaminbland<\/a>) reports that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/d9c240fe-203d-11e3-9a9a-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz2f0Iak7xL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jakarta-Singapore air route is still booming<\/a>, a sign of the economic significance the two cities to each other.<\/li>\n<li>Andy Fuller writes in\u00a0<em>Inside Indonesia\u00a0<\/em>about \u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideindonesia.org\/current-edition\/longing-for-suharto-2?utm_source=All+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=5f14689930-Weekly_15_July_2013&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_32cd77f926-5f14689930-245875469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seemingly ever-present nostalgia for Soeharto<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As the Australian National University&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/crawford.anu.edu.au\/acde\/ip\/update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Indonesia Update<\/a> kicks off, ANU economist Hal Hill looks at how Indonesia is <a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacific.anu.edu.au\/news-events\/all-stories\/power-shift#.UjqSS2SSB_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being transformed by political decentralisation<\/a>\u2014the theme of this year&#8217;s conference.<\/li>\n<li>President Yudhoyono&#8217;s Democrat Party will send those seeking its 2014 presidential nomination on an 8-month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-09-17\/yudhoyono-uses-idol-style-test-to-find-successor-southeast-asia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;<em>American Idol<\/em>-style&#8217;\u00a0national tour as part of its selection process, reports Bloomberg.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Australian Strategic Policy Institute&#8217;s Natalie Sambhi (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/securityscholar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SecurityScholar<\/a>) has a very informative post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/indonesias-push-for-peacekeeping-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indonesia&#8217;s global peacekeeping operations at the ASPI Strategist blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jobs and events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">We&#8217;ve previously promoted the <a title=\"Asialink Leaders Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/blog\/asialink-leaders-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asialink Leader&#8217;s Program<\/a>, which you should definitely take a look at. Asialink are now looking to hire a <strong>Manager of the Leader&#8217;s Program<\/strong>. <a title=\"Asialink Leaders Program Manager\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/blog\/asialink-leaders-program-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details at the AIYA Job Board<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/aii\/programs\/scholarship_program\/youth_exchange_program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program<\/a>\u00a0is seeking families in\u00a0<strong>Kiama\u00a0<\/strong>to host Indonesian students on a short-term basis.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AIYEP1314_GeneralFlier_Proforma.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for full details and information on how to get in touch with AIYEP organisers. Please pass along to anybody you know in the area\u2014any help will be much appreciated!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canberra, 23 September, 14:00:\u00a0<\/strong>the ANU will host a forum entitled &#8216;The Abbott era of Australia-Indonesia relations: Asylum seekers saga and other crucial issues&#8217; with noted experts on the Australia-Indonesia relationship. <a href=\"http:\/\/billboard.anu.edu.au\/event_view.asp?id=104124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news &#8216;Antipathy to [Australia&#8217;s plans to tackle people smuggling] exists across Indonesia\u2019s political spectrum&#8217;, says\u00a0Fairfax&#8217;s Michael Bachelard (@mbachelard). Former country music star and\u00a0DPR Komisi I (defence, intelligence and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2013\/09\/20\/aiya-links-20-september\/\" class=\"more-link style1-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"id","enabled_languages":["au","id"],"languages":{"au":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}